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Date and place of birth

29/12/1913 in Lille (France)

Date and place of death

24/06/2002 in Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

Nationality

Luxembourgish

Offices held

Minister for Finance and the Armed Forces (1954–1959)Minister for Finance (1959–1964; 1969–1974)Minister for Foreign Affairs, Justice and the Treasury (1964–1967)Minister for the Civil Service and the Treasury (1967–1969)Chairman of the EEC Committee on Economic and Monetary Union (Werner Report) (1970–1971)Leader and Member of the Christian-Social parliamentary group (1974–1979)Member of the European Parliament (1979)Minister for Cultural and Religious Affairs (1979–1984)Minister of State; Head of Government (1959–1974; 1979–1984)